People · Germany
Daniel Back
2×2 · top 0.91% of 189,179 all-time · competing since June 2025 · 2025BACK05
Daniel Back has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.15, set at Kölner Kubing 2026, puts him in the top 0.91% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 41st in Germany. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since June 2025, he has put 771 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 7.84 in June 2025 to 6.64, a 15% improvement. Daniel has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Germany | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.15 | 1.79 | top 0.91% | 41 / 2,931 | |
| 3×3 | 6.64 | 8.06 | top 0.98% | 49 / 4,182 | |
| Skewb | 1.92 | 3.34 | top 1.2% | 13 / 1,192 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.51 | 3.72 | top 2.2% | 49 / 2,020 | |
| 4×4 | 34.51 | 38.76 | top 6.3% | 136 / 1,966 | |
| Clock | 7.04 | 8.29 | top 11.0% | 61 / 647 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.38 | 21.79 | top 11.2% | 144 / 1,328 | |
| Square-1 | 12.64 | 15.79 | top 11.2% | 52 / 541 | |
| Megaminx | 1:04.89 | 1:13.55 | top 12.7% | 88 / 798 | |
| 5×5 | 1:23.80 | 1:28.76 | top 22.4% | 235 / 1,175 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:33.86 | 3:20.31 | top 24.4% | 79 / 350 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 28 Aug 2026Eight personal bests in one day at Rubik's German Nationals 2026.
- 23 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Swisscubing Cup III 2026.
- 9 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Darmstadt Open 2026.
- 21 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at Ulmgedreht 2026.
- 10 Jan 2026Six personal bests in one day at Rhön Open 2026.
- 15 Nov 2025Five personal bests in one day at South Germany 2025.
Competitions
- WetterWürfeln Wölfersheim 2026 · 3 Oct 2026
- Kölner Kubing 2026 · 25 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's German Nationals 2026 · 28 Aug 2026 — 8 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026 · 16 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Swisscubing Cup III 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Darmstadt Open 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Ulmgedreht 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Rhön Open 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup Final 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- South Germany 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Dreiländereck-Open 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubik's German Nationals 2025 · 26 Sep 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup IV 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Noah Kraft — met in 104 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Alexander Botz — met in 99 rounds, finished ahead 40 times
- Alwin Rölz — met in 91 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.